Things that have happened since my last post

If you've been following Suellen's blog, you mostly know what has been happening with us, but I thought I'd throw in a few additional things that have happened to us over the last few weeks.

In no particular order....

1. I got caught up with my grading in time to write academic updates. This is actually a very big deal. I'm a big supporter of more writing yields better writing, which of course means more grading. And considering that I still had papers that were turned in when I was out with the baby, I was pretty pleased that I managed to get them all - over 500 pages - marked so that I could write my narrative comments for each of my 79 students.

2. Suellen got severe head cold, which was painful for all of us since she needed her rest and couldn't take the lead on normal nighttime baby duties on school nights (she has been extremely good at letting me sleep as much as possible when I have work the next day). Parker, thankfully, is not at risk to catch the cold since she's already receiving the anti-bodies Suellen is producing through the breast milk. Who knew? (well, actually all you blog-stalking moms probably did).

3. I got a severe head cold. No anti-bodies for me, but I did get to miss school today. Guess I should have been breast feeding. Actually, that's quite gross.

4. I managed to spill coffee all over a shelf of books, a stack of student papers, the carpet and an armchair while attempting to get up to attend to a screaming baby. Fun times.

5. I am now again woefully behind on my grading. Thank you head cold.

6. We surprised my mom by driving up to Chicago and bringing Parker to her school. She celebrated her first overnight trip by making a giant stinky green poo right in the middle of Greenwood Elementary.

7. We took Parker to get pumpkins and I carried her around in a Baby Bjorn complete with dangling orange pacifier attached to it. That brought my dorkiness to a new level.

And I think that's about it. Sleeping, grading, pooping, eating, fussing, drooling, sleeping, repeat. All of us doing all of that over and over again. That's my life. Awesome.